Yesterday saw Chelsea take part in a mini-tournament in Istanbul, with the proceeds going toward the families of the Soma mine disaster - which saw 301 people tragically lose their lives.

Didier Drogba, who was playing for Galatasaray at the time, was one person deeply affected by the incident, and he featured for Chelsea along with Besiktas and Fenerbahce in the short form round-robin tournament.

Chelsea beat Fener but lost to Besiktas in their games, Besiktas ultimately emerging as the winners, and it was of course a chance for a former Blue to try get one over on his old team-mates.

Chelsea flogged Demba Ba to Turkey this summer for a fee in the region of £8 million. Ba never truly cemented his place in the Chelsea first-team since arriving from Newcastle United and with the arrival Diego Costa this summer his first-team opportunities dwindled further.

Yesterday though he was welcomed by most of his former Chelsea buddies, especially Eden Hazard, who was a good friend of Ba's whilst at Stamford Bridge.

He also got to play against a former team-mate in Moussa Sow. The fellow Senegalese was an ex team-mate at Lille and is now at Fenerbahce - and Hazard shared a picture with his 'brothers' on Instagram last night.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.